Morehouse Publishing imprint: 392 books
A Walk in Jerusalem
Stations of the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 1998
Every Friday in Jerusalem, Franciscan monks take groups of pilgrims down the Via Dolorosa, the road Christ may have walked on his way to the cross. Stopping at each of fourteen locations that mark events in the final days of Christ’s life, the pilgrims recall the Passion story and offer prayers...
Helping Children Find God
A Book for Parents, Teachers, and Clergy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1995
A realistic, straight-forward approach to exploring one's faith and doubts, and talking with the next generation about important spiritual issues. A child's spiritual pilgrimage begins from the earliest moments of life and is shaped by the significant adults in the child's ever-expanding world. Yet...
Ten Dumb Things Churches Do
And How to Avoid Them
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Ten Dumb Things Churches Do is about making the system we call the local church into one that truly reflects what we believe the body of Christ is supposed to be--a community that exemplifies the gospel through its life together and its presence in the world. Knowing when we’ve done that, however,...
Humble and Strong
Mutually Accountable Leadership in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
To be effective, leadership must be humble and strong, the leadership we often see in churches and not-for-profits, as well as in corporations, can be neither. The purpose of this book is to analyze these assertions, then to discuss how those who are preparing to be leaders and those who wish to be...
Episcopal Etiquette and Ethics
Living the Craft of Priesthood in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
What is the appropriate attire for an Episcopal priest at the events associated with the service in the Book of Common Prayer, the “Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage?” What does it mean to be an icon of Christ at a cocktail party? How does one live with sensitive confidential information...
Make All Things New
Stories of Healing, Reconciliation, and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Written with grace and sensitivity, Make All Things New is a collection of fourteen essays that focus on the themes of healing, peace, and reconciliation – topics as timely today as they have ever been. Well-known Anglican writer and preacher John Westerhoff, the husband of the author, has written...
Beating the Boundaries
The Church God Is Calling Us to Be
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
• For established churches needing to adapt to changing times • Translates learnings from new communities for established congregations -- a both/and approach • On-the-ground observations from within Phyllis Tickle's "rummage sale" Using the image of the traditional practice of “beating...
Crossing: Reclaiming the Landscape of Our Lives, 2nd Edition
Reclaiming the Landscape of Our Lives, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Illuminates the spiritual journey we all take and the choices we make by focusing on five of the monastic hours, from Vigils which reflect on the edges of the day and our own difficulty in choosing to begin the journey, through Compline or night prayer, the time for letting go and remembering the...
by Nicola Slee
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
“Of all the women in the Bible,” writes Nicola Slee, “Mary has been for me the most ambivalent, the most alien and yet, at some level, the most alluring. I’ve taken a long time to come to her—or for her to come to me. I grew up in a religious tradition—low church Methodism—in which Mary...
Fragmented Lives
Finding Faith in an Age of Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
• Describes how one can trust amidst uncertainty, fear, anger • Explores the meaning behind the move away from religion toward undefined spirituality • Traces the meaning of moving toward healing and reconciliation Fragmented Lives describes the meaning of faith for people the Church has shown...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The Bible in the Life of the Church project was commissioned by the Anglican Consultative Council at its meeting in Jamaica in May 2009. Its aim is to explore how Anglicans use the Bible and to distill from and develop from these explorations the principles of Anglican hermeneutics. In part one, writers...
Teach Us to Number Our Days
A Liturgical Advent Calendar
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
This practical handbook for homes and church communities helps to enrich the Christian celebration of Advent through the creation and use of an Advent calendar. Written for people of all skill levels, Baumgarten provides instructions for a calendar made of paper or junk mail, a no-sew felt version,...
Light to the Darkness
Lessons and Carols, Public and Private
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Light to the Darkness is a fresh interpretation of the well-loved Advent tradition of Lessons and Carols. Replacing the usual scriptural readings from the Old and New Testaments are first-person dramatic monologues based on these and other passages of scripture. Special emphasis is given to the role...
Speaking for Ourselves
Voices of Biblical Women
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
There are many powerful women in the Bible, but their descriptions are almost always tantalizingly brief. If they had the chance to tell their own stories in their own voices, what would they have said? Basing her interpretation of these women on extensive research, Katerina Whitley puts herself in...